(12-26-2020, 02:50 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Too early to call it a take, but...
I think it’s possible that Carlisle is giving people a chance to expand their offensive responsibilities early on, and maybe even asking them to do so, in an effort to add more wrinkles to last year’s offense, which was really effective but actually limited to a few really well executed concepts.
Still too early to call like you said. But, I think this is a good bit of it. A few things actually. I feel like Rick knows Luka will produce. But, he needs the other guys to produce to win when it matters. They saw that in the playoffs last season. It could be Luka being a little out of shape but I think a lot of that has to do with this year. Just an odd year with really no offseason. Late season late start, etc. Also, I think Luka has to be smarter and not just jack up step back 3s. You can tell he's learned that pretty quick. Smart kid.
It feels like Rick is trying to see what guys like J Rich can do. Plus, what can Powell do now after the achilles? Rick has to know he won't be the exact same player. So, what can he do now? What about the other new guys? Just a lot of unknown's. And Rick is known to tinker during the season. He knows they will be in the playoffs. But, that's not enough. They need to know what they can do when they get there if they are to try to win a series or two.